The Atlantis Fantasy - Part One: The Platonic Idea
About this episode
This episode explores the origins of the Atlantis myth as presented in Plato's works and discusses scholarly views on its fictional nature.
This series explores belief in the long-lived myth of Atlantis. In this first part, I look at the origin of the story in Plato's Timaeus and Critias and the reasons scholars have long concluded it was fiction. Check out the show merch, perfect for gifts! Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes! Check out my novel, Manuscript Found! Direct all advertising inquiries to advertising@airwavemedia.com. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts! Some music in this episode was licensed under a Blue Dot Sessions blanket license at the time of publication. Tracks include Cicle DR Valga, Tarte Tatin, The Gran Dias, Leatherbound, Cicle Gerano, and Illa Villardo, Additional music, including Remedy for Melancholy, Cold War Echo, daedalus, and daemones, is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0) Learn…
People in this episode
Host: Nathaniel Lloyd
Topics covered
- Atlantis
- Plato
- mythology
- scholarship
- fiction
- history
Keywords
- Atlantis
- Plato
- Timaeus
- Critias
- myth
- fiction
- scholarship
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Patreon, Blue Dot Sessions, Kai Engel, Airwave Media, megaphone.fm
Products: Manuscript Found
Books & works: Timaeus, Critias
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- The Atlantis Fantasy - Part Three: Location, Location, Location
- The Atlantis Fantasy - Part Two: A Convenient Fiction
- Common Séance; A History of Spiritualism - Part Two: Manifestly False
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